***Note: This letter was written in the style of “A Letter to my Nephew” by James Baldwin.***
Dear esteemed Maya Angelou,
Have the lost world always been lost
I so don’t rest at night
Knowing that racism is our universal effort
Must we hate so densely?
Are real lives real
Or am I going
Half crazy
Are too many people
So abiding to mastery of hate?
All mighty Angelou
My heart is
Dense with sorrow
So sparingly hamlet
Sang a song
My so beloved Angelou,
Love,
Lina
Poetic Justice 